Israel’s Real Education Spending Per Person Fell 3.5% in 2025

Israel’s inflation-adjusted education spending per person fell 3.5% in 2025, following a 2.6% decline in 2024, according to preliminary Central Bureau of Statistics figures disclosed on October 14. Total real education spending decreased 2.2%, after a 1.2% fall a year earlier. Education expenditure represented 7.6% of GDP and covered early childhood, schools, higher education, private lessons, textbooks and investment in facilities and equipment. Government, local authorities and government nonprofit institutions financed 78.5% of expenditure, up from 78.2% in 2024. Households, nonprofits serving households, donations and grants provided the remaining 21.5%.